Heart attacks don’t just strike middle-aged men. Women are at risk from them too – increasingly so as we get older. Coronary heart disease kills, on average, 65 women per day in the UK* – more than double the number that die from breast cancer. But despite these worrying statistics, there’s still a misconception that heart disease is a ‘man’s disease’. This leaves women facing barriers when it comes to diagnosis, treatment and care following a heart attack – and it’s these inequalities that are costing lives or
